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The customisation is good, but there's so much that could be improved for a more unique experience.

For one thing, why not let us choose a height/model like you could in battle revolution? I'd rather be as tall as the adults (or close to it) than look like a ten-year-old.
Second, hair colours. Give use a slider or something, cause I want to be able to have hair in the same colours as other characters in the game!
Third, glasses. I don't want my sunglasses to always be on my hat! Let me wear them properly! And add real glasses, for that matter. I'm not even a glasses wearer IRL and I want that! Oh, and a monacle!
Fourth would be the ability to REMOVE THAT HAT. I'd look so much nicer without it.
And finally, more clothing options overall. I was hoping the coupon release meant they'd also give a patch with more options. I like my classy lumiose boutique stuff but they're always the same clothes and it's really dull.

I agree. The height thing bothers me. I can't wear the boots because they look stupid when they come halfway up her legs.
The hair colors are kind of boring. So few options.

I find that I liked a couple styles of clothes in the game. The short jacket in santalune city and one type of shirt in Laverre city (sorry if I can't spell).

I feel like there should be more color options for things. I go to a store two or three times and suddenly there is nothing else for me to but :P

Adding customization was a big improvement in my eyes. Finally we don't have to play as the standard design character. Having the ability to choose skin, hair, and eye color is great, and I hope it continues in later installments. This was the first time for customizing in handheld Pokemon games, and I think they gave decent choices. I wouldn't mind a little bit of more variety, i.e. in the style of PBR, but I digress. It would also be nice if A.) boys got more options and B.) girls didn't have such, well, girly choices. I prefer tomboy-ish styles personally, at least casual stuff instead of dresses, but that's just me. It might be because I styled my girl a little bit like me with the skin color and hairstyle. Anyway, I'm generally impressed with this option.

"I know, too, that death is the only god that comes when called." Robert Zelazny

Adding customization was a big improvement in my eyes. Finally we don't have to play as the standard design character. Having the ability to choose skin, hair, and eye color is great, and I hope it continues in later installments. This was the first time for customizing in handheld Pokemon games, and I think they gave decent choices. I wouldn't mind a little bit of more variety, i.e. in the style of PBR, but I digress. It would also be nice if A.) boys got more options and B.) girls didn't have such, well, girly choices. I prefer tomboy-ish styles personally, at least casual stuff instead of dresses, but that's just me. It might be because I styled my girl a little bit like me with the skin color and hairstyle. Anyway, I'm generally impressed with this option.

Can you change your skin color partway thorough?
Along those lines, I wish there was a lighter brown skin color. It went from pale to less pale to dark, dark brown.
I would love to see different hair colors and more eye colors, less traditional ones.
I agree about the clothing. it was all a little preppy for my taste. Maybe it will change though, because this game was based off France.

No, the only time to set the skin color is at the beginning of the game when you initially create your character. Anything else--hairstyle, color, and eyes--can be changed in the changing rooms and salon respectively. Also, there's the other options for the PR videos, but they only show in the video.

"I know, too, that death is the only god that comes when called." Robert Zelazny

Luckily I hadn't bought any of the expensive Lumiose items yet so the Discount Coupon came in handy! I snapped up a trench coat. What's everyone else bought with it? I'm kinda disappointed it's a one time use.

Luckily I hadn't bought any of the expensive Lumiose items yet so the Discount Coupon came in handy! I snapped up a trench coat. What's everyone else bought with it? I'm kinda disappointed it's a one time use.

Luckily I hadn't bought any of the expensive Lumiose items yet so the Discount Coupon came in handy! I snapped up a trench coat. What's everyone else bought with it? I'm kinda disappointed it's a one time use.

It is? Now I have even less reason to go pick one up.

Originally Posted by LizardonX

Tabitha has really let himself go, just how many lava cookies did he eat in the last 11 years?

Luckily I hadn't bought any of the expensive Lumiose items yet so the Discount Coupon came in handy! I snapped up a trench coat. What's everyone else bought with it? I'm kinda disappointed it's a one time use.

Literally the only things I have left to buy are Fedoras. And I don't like them, so my Discount Coupon is useless.

Is it? That's odd; it's an irreplaceable event item, but seeing as how it's consumable and really unnecessary for progression, I'm not sure why it would be restricted. Though, I guess the same applies to the Master Ball...

Is it restricted to just WiFi trades, or between Friends as well? I'd check myself, but the GTS is under maintenance, I think.

Is it? That's odd; it's an irreplaceable event item, but seeing as how it's consumable and really unnecessary for progression, I'm not sure why it would be restricted. Though, I guess the same applies to the Master Ball...

Is it restricted to just WiFi trades, or between Friends as well? I'd check myself, but the GTS is under maintenance, I think.

It was a trade with a friend over Wi-Fi. It gave me a message like "There is a Pokemon in your party that cannot be traded."

This was despite the Pokemon being in my PC and all others would trade just fine. I even put the Coupon on a different Pokemon and tried. Same thing.

So, as for most of you who played X and Y, does any any of you have advice as to how you can make yourself look either an old college student through clothes available in the game? Because I'm currently college student.

While the protagonists are like 16 years old in their standard clothing as to how I see them, with the correct kind of clothing, you can make yourself either look like a young teenager (10-12 years old) or a young adult (19-26 years old). I need a feashion designer the moment I get my own copy of X and Y

So, as for most of you who played X and Y, does any any of you have advice as to how you can make yourself look either an old college student through clothes available in the game? Because I'm currently college student.

While the protagonists are like 16 years old in their standard clothing as to how I see them, with the correct kind of clothing, you can make yourself either look like a young teenager (10-12 years old) or a young adult (19-26 years old). I need a feashion designer the moment I get my own copy of X and Y

Ok, so joining the bad team every gen has never been a thing and probably never will, but with the whole customization thing at least you could buy the outfits? Maybe even get some dialogue changes like when you sneak into the Team Rocket hideout in HG/SS? Honestly, though, even if you had to beat the game before you could buy them it would still be awesome. Also, more clothes options for guys in general and more Pokemon-themed clothes (along the lines of the Pangoro hat and Slurpuff dress, not t-shirts with Pokemon on them)

Ok, so joining the bad team every gen has never been a thing and probably never will, but with the whole customization thing at least you could buy the outfits? Maybe even get some dialogue changes like when you sneak into the Team Rocket hideout in HG/SS? Honestly, though, even if you had to beat the game before you could buy them it would still be awesome. Also, more clothes options for guys in general and more Pokemon-themed clothes (along the lines of the Pangoro hat and Slurpuff dress, not t-shirts with Pokemon on them)

I was seriously surprised that this wasn't the case. Honestly, the scope for customisation is broad but they've been quite tight-fisted in what you can actually have. Why stop at Team Flare? Why not include a Team Rocket getup? Or Team Magma/Aqua/Galactic/Plasma/BW2 Plasma getup?

That I can't use items seen on in-game NPCs, such as the outfits used by the Veterans, Ace Trainers and Rangers, is also disappointing. Given that - outside of Event Monsters - Pokemon doesn't really do DLC, I guess we'll just have to wait for Z and see if that brings additional customisations with it.

Ok, so joining the bad team every gen has never been a thing and probably never will, but with the whole customization thing at least you could buy the outfits? Maybe even get some dialogue changes like when you sneak into the Team Rocket hideout in HG/SS? Honestly, though, even if you had to beat the game before you could buy them it would still be awesome. Also, more clothes options for guys in general and more Pokemon-themed clothes (along the lines of the Pangoro hat and Slurpuff dress, not t-shirts with Pokemon on them)

It seems to me that Gamefreak heavily discourages it, since you can't even choose Lyssandre as an icon to your profile on PSS (*rolls eyes*)

It seems to me that Gamefreak heavily discourages it, since you can't even choose Lyssandre as an icon to your profile on PSS (*rolls eyes*)

THANK YOU somebody else who has a problem with this! I don't think GF really realizes how popular the villainous teams are with the players, otherwise they would have done something about it, this gen especially! I honestly think Team Flare was meant to be relatable but they don't give us their outfits in-game. Even if all the team outfits were an event or PGL content it would make a lot of players happy.

I really like the character customisation in this game. The only thing that disappoints me is the lack of hair colours to choose from. I wanted to make my character have dark pink or purple hair but I'm limited to "natural" hair colours.

Trainer customization was honestly one of the big selling points of this game for me (Granted new additions like mega evolutions and the eventual release of Pokebank were also big factors). I'm pretty content with the number of options, only thing I'd say is, like others have said, I wish you could either change your character's height or his eyes or something to make your trainer look older. Cause while appearance wise I could get my character to look how I wanted, the height and face are totally off. But again, minor things aside, character customization's great.